Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville 1830: li

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Dictyomenia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus tridens Mertens ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: New Holland (Western Australia); (Silva & al. 1996: 489) Holotype: Péron; BM; (Womersley 2003: 345) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by C. Agardh (1822: 373). Type from “Coast of New Holland” (Péron): probably from SE Australia ; holotype in BM, illustrated by Turner (Womersley, 2003: 345).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A deep-water alga on rough-water coasts (Womersley 2003: 345).

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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